abjurer

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

abjure +‎ -er

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (US) IPA: /æbˈd͡ʒʊɹ.ɚ/

Noun [edit]

abjurer (plural abjurers)

  1. One who abjures. [late 18th century][1]

References [edit]

  1. ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 5:

French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

ab- +‎ jurer, borrowed from Latin abiurare.

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

abjurer

  1. (transitive, intransitive, very formal) To renounce or abandon solemnly; to abjure.
  2. (transitive, intransitive, religion) To formally renounce one's religious belief; to apostatise.
  3. (obsolete) To reject by oath someone's authority.

Conjugation [edit]